Alligatoridae
Alligatoridae (alligators, caimans; class Reptilia, order Crocodylia) A family of crocodilians that have a broad, flat snout in which the fourth tooth of the lower jaw fits into a pit in the upper jaw and cannot be seen when the mouth is closed. There are seven freshwater species, all occurring in the New World except
Alligator sinensis (Chinese alligator). The best known is
Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator) of the southern USA, sluggish alligators, up to 5.8 m long, that move slowly on land, hissing if surprised. Their nest mound is guarded by the female and is opened as the young begin to ‘peep’ at the time of hatching. The other five species are known as caimans (caymans). The common name, spectacled caiman, of
Caiman crocodilus is derived from the large, bony ridge between its eyes; its belly has large, overlapping, bony
scutes.
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RECONCILING EAST AND WEST IN VIRGIL'S AENEID
Magazine article from: AUMLA : Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...his care for and deference towards his aged father Anchises. After Anchises' death, Aeneas will institute divine honours for...for his son Julus, who at the funeral games for Anchises leads the boys' equestrian display (Aeneid 5...
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Arms and the poet: the resurrection of Vergil.(The Aeneid)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Harper's Magazine; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to the underworld. There he meets the shade of his father, Anchises, who takes him on a guided tour and reveals to him the great...to slog through a long war in Italy in order to secure it. Anchises is particularly enthusiastic about one handsome Roman-to...
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SITUATIONAL ETHICS
Magazine article from: Artforum; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...through the poem, he ventures to the underworld, where he finds his father, Anchises, who points out a procession of spirits who will populate Roman history. Anchises hails Aeneas by a name that inverts and telescopes time, for it has no meaning...
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Melville's 'Moby Dick.'.(novel by author Herman Melville)
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...165). Symbols of this story are analogous to Aphrodite's seduction of Anchises. Zeus inspired Aphrodite to love a human being; she chose Anchises, son of Dardanus and "by the will of the gods and destiny he lay with her, a mortal...
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Ancient & modern
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 7/10/2004; ; 598 words
; ...suicide. After a visit to the underworld to visit his father Anchises, who reveals to him the whole future of Rome, Aeneas and...guided by its will'. But another tone is also heard. When Anchises in the underworld sees that there will be civil war between...
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Ghosts: Appearances of the Dead and Cultural Transformation.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...into the future, and from time to time one will offer advice or prophesy, as in the famous episode in the Aeneid in which Anchises, the dead father of Aeneas, forsees the future greatness of Rome. But dealing with Classical ghosts was usually a sad and...
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A Noble's Notebooks.
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 6/26/2007; 700+ words
; ...himself is seen in Poggio Bracciolini's Federico da Montefeltro on Horseback (ca. 1472). Both Aeneas Saving His Father, Anchises, and Son, Iulus (ca. 1450-1475) and Saint John (ca. 1480), with its luxuriant palette, revel in the kind of meticulous...
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Only reprimand for 3 supporters of mutiny.(Provincial News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 7/31/2003; 349 words
; ...violations that may warrant severe penalty, the three soldiers, identified as Capt. Nerelito Pascual and Lieutenant Senior Grade Anchises Diola and Roland Allan Uy, will get no more than a reprimand. Pascual is assigned at the Armys 53rd Engineer Brigade, Diola...
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Let's make a deal-or not
Magazine article from: Sporting News; 2/21/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...trust history. Last season's trading-deadline day (March 11) featured five trades involving 18 players. Three ft-anchises were reshaped by a complex deal that sent Stephon Marbury to the Nets, Terrell Brandon to the Timberwolves and Sam Cassell...
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Triptych at the Edge of Sight.(Poem)
Magazine article from: TriQuarterly; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...swamp, half ocean floor. Fancying ourselves modern Greeks, we had descended into the earth--not to point out souls like Anchises, but to point Out lichens, mosses, molds, those classics seldom studied anymore--but our sense of direction was terrible...
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Anchises
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Anchises , in Greek mythology, member of the ruling...father of Aeneas by Aphrodite. When Anchises boasted of the goddess's love, Zeus...including Bernini. In some legends, Anchises and his wife later founded Venice or Padua...
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Sibyls
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...die. One story tells how the Cumaean Sibyl led the Greek hero Aeneas* to the underworld to meet his dead father Anchises. Anchises then predicted that from Aeneas would come the greatest empire the world had ever seen. According to tradition...
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EARLY MODERN ENGLISH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...of the grete Troye. Eneas departed berynge his olde fader anchises vpon his sholdres / his lityl son yolus on his honde. 1582...including most of his proper nouns such as fraunce , vyrgyle , anchises , but excluding Eneydos , Eneas , Troye ), Mulcaster's lower...
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Aphrodite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Anteros. She was the mother of Hermaphroditus by Hermes and of Priapus by Dionysus. Zeus caused her to love the shepherd Anchises, by whom she bore Aeneas. Adonis, in whose legend Aphrodite appears as a goddess of fertility, also won her favors. It...
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Blindness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
74. Blindness Agib dervish who lost an eye. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights ] Anchises blinded by lightning. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical , 22] Blind Pew David, the blind beggar. [Br. Lit.: Treasure Island...
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